{"id":395081,"date":"2026-09-09T19:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395081\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:50:38","slug":"vehicle-fire-shuts-down-florida-turnpike-south-near-port-st-lucie-blvd-exit-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395081\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle fire shuts down Florida Turnpike south near Port St. Lucie Blvd. Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A vehicle fire has shut down all southbound lanes of Florida\u2019s Turnpike in St. Lucie County, according to traffic officials.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was reported southbound beyond Exit 142 at Port St. Lucie Boulevard and before Mile Marker 141, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/fl511.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> FL511<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All lanes are currently closed in the area. Drivers are urged to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/todd-wegrich-shot-killed-girlfriend-loxahatchee-booked-hotel-ben-hotel-before-murder-confessed-to-crime-palm-beach-county-sheriffs-office-west-palm-beach-police-department-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ben hotel standoff suspect booked room 46 minutes before deadly shooting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The closure was last updated at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>CBS12 is working to learn more about the fire, including whether anyone was injured and how long the closure is expected to last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A vehicle fire has shut down all southbound lanes of Florida\u2019s Turnpike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-395081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}